Just as Chitanda and the others entered their room, Uchiha Ryo also walked over and leaned against the door.
Yukinoshita frowned. "This is a ladies' room. Please leave."
Uchiha Ryo chuckled. "You are all young ladies from prominent families. I don't think you'd go back on your word~"
Chitanda Eru tilted her head. "Of course not. What's wrong, Uchiha-kun?"
"Table tennis...."
As soon as Uchiha Ryo said these words, Fujiwara Chika seemed to think of something bad, and Yukinoshita also gritted her teeth, but didn't dare to speak.
Chitanda looked at Uchiha Ryo blankly, and after a while, she clapped her hands in surprise.
"Oh, I remember now. When we went out to play that time, we played a table tennis match with Uchiha-kun."
Uchiha Ryo also clapped his hands. "That's right. Then do you still remember the bet from back then?"
Fujiwara Chika turned her head to look out the window. "Wow, what a beautiful night view. I'm a little tired. How about we go to sleep?"
"Pretending not to know is useless! I declare that from now on, you are my maids. So the master's first order is: come here and give me a massage."
Yukinoshita: "There are professional masseurs at the hot spring inn. Pay for one yourself."
Fujiwara Chika: "Yukino-san is right. We don't know how to give massages~"
Chitanda: "Mmm... I kind of want to try. After all, it was very comfortable when Ai-chan massaged us just now."
Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "Eru! How can you speak up for him?"
"Hey, hey, what's wrong with Maid Fujiwara? And Maid Yukinoshita, behave yourselves."
With that, Uchiha Ryo walked into the room and closed the door behind him.
Inside the hot spring inn's guest room, Uchiha Ryo moved the table in the center out of the way, then lay down on the tatami mats.
"Someone come and massage my shoulders first~"
Chitanda exchanged glances with the other two and was about to squat down to start the massage, but was stopped by Yukinoshita.
"There's no need for that, Eru-san. Leave it to me."
Yukinoshita turned her head and looked at the guy lying on the floor.
Uchiha Ryo lay there relaxed. "Why haven't you started yet? Is this how you serve your master? Hiss— not bad, this pressure is good."
Feeling the heavy pressure on his shoulder, Uchiha Ryo turned his head and opened his eyes.
He saw Yukinoshita Yukino looking down at him with disdain, stepping on his shoulder with her right foot.
"Watch closely, Eru-san and Fujiwara-san. To massage Uchiha-kun, stepping on him is enough."
Uchiha Ryo: "Huh? What are you doing!"
What does this mean? A warrior can be killed but not humiliated! I, the dignified Uchiha Ryo! Possessor of the Mangekyo Sharingan, actually being treated like this by a little girl?!
Uchiha Ryo was about to turn over, but Chitanda Eru and Fujiwara Chika actually followed Yukinoshita's example....
Fujiwara Chika: "I can accept this."
Chitanda: "Is this kind of massage really comfortable? I feel like using hands would be better."
Uchiha Ryo: "....."
Chitanda Eru noticed that Uchiha Ryo had suddenly stopped talking, so she withdrew her small foot.
"Um, isn't it a little bad to treat Uchiha-kun like this?"
Uchiha Ryo: "No...."
"As maids, how can you stop before I've even spoken? Continue!"
Chitanda: "Eh?!"
Lying on the floor, Uchiha Ryo let out a long breath. A back-stepping massage once in a while wasn't bad either.
"Yukino, you should be the lightest. Step right up."
Yukinoshita Yukino showed an expression that said, "Are you sick?", but still obediently stepped up, standing entirely on Uchiha Ryo's back.
Fujiwara Chika was startled. "Um, is this okay?"
The heaven a certain priest wanted to ascend to must be nothing more than this! This is the weight of life and a miracle of humanity.
Suddenly, the room door was pulled open.
Hinatsuru Ai blinked her big eyes, looking at the four people in the room in confusion.
"Mom asked me to tell you dinner is ready..... Um, sorry to disturb you!"
With that, Ai-chan bowed and closed the door.
Outside the door, the voices of Ai-chan and her mother, the inn's proprietress Hinatsuru Akina, could be heard.
"Mom, the big brother and big sisters are busy wrestling in the room. Yukino-oneechan is so strong, she actually knocked that big brother down."
Hinatsuru Akina gently rubbed Ai-chan's head. "Then Ai-chan, lock the door, and we'll come back to call them in a few hours. Oh my~ it's good to be young."
The massage suddenly stopped. Yukino stepped off Uchiha Ryo's back, then ran to the door and pushed it open.
"No... that's not it! Auntie Hinatsuru, and Ai-chan, we're coming to eat right now."
Hinatsuru Akina turned to look at the people walking out of the room one after another, then focused her gaze on Uchiha Ryo.
"Is it over already?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Huh???"
"No, Auntie Hinatsuru, we haven't even started yet. That was just a warm-up exercise!"
Hinatsuru Akina nodded. "Mhm, do the guests want to dine in the front hall, or should we have someone bring dinner over?"
Yukinoshita was too shy to look at the proprietress, lowering her head and saying softly. "Um, really not.... we'll just eat in the room."
Hinatsuru Akina showed an expression of understanding, then patted Yukinoshita on the shoulder.
"It's fine, I understand too. Before Ai-chan was born, I also stayed in the room with Ai-chan's father every day, even during meals...."
Yukinoshita: "We'll go eat in the front hall!"
Uchiha Ryo stepped forward. "Just have someone send it over. We won't go over."
Hinatsuru Akina bowed slightly, then pulled Hinatsuru Ai, who didn't know what was happening, to her side.
"Ai-chan, don't just go into the big sisters' room in the future, understand? And if you hear any sounds at night, you're not allowed to come over either."
Hinatsuru Ai nodded obediently. "Ai understands."
After the mother and daughter left, Fujiwara Chika scratched her head awkwardly. "It was just a massage, seems like we were misunderstood."
Chitanda was indifferent. "Then let's eat in the room. How about we tell ghost stories after dinner?!"
Uchiha Ryo: "I have no objection. By the way, are we continuing the massage?"
Yukinoshita turned her head and walked into the room. "Continue, my foot.... After you finish eating, go back next door and stay there."